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Jumbled Wreckage Complicates Chocolate Factory Blast Probe
Investigators looking for the cause of a deadly explosion that leveled part of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory faced an even more difficult task Monday as they combed through wreckage that was extensively picked apart and moved around during the intensive … Source: Claims Journal
Read MorePhiladelphia: Still No Sign of Chemicals from Upriver Spill
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia water officials say they continue to see no sign of contamination following a chemical spill into the Delaware River upstream of the city and are confident that drinking water will be unaffected at least through Wednesday … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMinnesota Youth Vaping Trial of E-Cigarette Maker Juul Opens
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will personally open his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, the first of thousands of cases against the e-cigarette maker to reach trial. Minnesota is seeking more than $100 million in … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMan Struck, Killed by Bus While Picking Up Friend at Airport
BOSTON (AP) – A man struck and killed by a bus at Boston’s Logan International Airport was a 47-year-old Lexington resident who had gone to the airport to pick up a friend, Massachusetts State Police said Tuesday. Vishwachand Kolla was … Source: Claims Journal
Read More5th Circuit: Corps Not Required to Reexamine Operation of ‘Polluting’ Spillway
The Bonnet Carré Spillway diverts Mississippi River flood flows away from New Orleans into Lake Pontchartrain, which connects to the Mississippi Channel and eventually the Gulf of Mexico. The spillway has been opened only 15 times since construction was completed … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUnion Pacific 2nd Railroad to Drop Push for One-Person Crews
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific has become the second major freight railroad in the past week to back away from the industry’s longstanding push to cut train crews down to one person as lawmakers and regulators increasingly focus on … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFire Damages Complex Housing Wright Brothers Plane Factory
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — An early morning fire damaged a commercial building complex housing a former airplane factory founded by the Wright Brothers in Ohio on Sunday, authorities said. Dayton fire crews were sent to the site just before 2:30 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFederal Judge Clears Class-Action Suit Alleging Geico Underpaid Auto Claims
Geico General Insurance Co. must face a class action suit alleging that it has been underpaying benefits to its insureds injured in automobile accidents. U.S. District Court Judge Dora L. Irizarry in federal court in Eastern New York has certified … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFlags Ordered to Half-Staff to Honor 7 Dead in Plant Blast
WEST READING, Pa. (AP) — The governor of Pennsylvania has ordered commonwealth flags flown at half-staff in honor of seven people whose bodies were recovered from the site of a powerful explosion at a chocolate factory. “West Reading, we stand … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJudge Denies Insurers’ Appeal in Boy Scouts Reorganization Plan
A federal judge on March 28 denied an appeal, largely made by insurers, to strike down the Boy Scouts of America’s nearly $2.5 billion reorganization plan approved last year to allow the organization to settle tens of thousands of sexual … Source: Claims Journal
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